Altering a pdf print job based upon criteria stored in memory of a printing system

A method comprising:

• receiving, at an interface of a printing system, a Portable Document Format (PDF) print job for processing;
• and
• accessing, from a memory of the printing system, a mark-up instruction for altering printable PDF content stored in the print job, where the mark-up instruction references one or more criteria stored in the memory;
• accessing, from the memory, the one or more criteria referenced by the mark-up instruction, where the criteria identify PDF content stored in the print job;
• reviewing, via a markup engine of the printing system, the PDF print job to identify multiple segments of the print job that each include PDF content that matches the referenced criteria;
• and
• altering the identified segments based on the mark-up instruction.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying programmed instructions which, when executed by a processor, are operable for performing a method comprising:

• receiving, at an interface of a printing system, a Portable Document Format (PDF) print job for processing;
• and
• accessing, from a memory of the printing system, a mark-up instruction for altering printable PDF content stored in the print job, where the mark-up instruction references one or more criteria stored in the memory;
• accessing, from the memory, the one or more criteria referenced by the mark-up instruction, where the criteria identify PDF content stored in the print job;
• reviewing, via a markup engine of the printing system, the PDF print job to identify multiple segments of the print job that each include PDF content that matches the referenced criteria;
• and
• altering the identified segments based on the mark-up instruction.